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If we take science as our sole guide, if we accept and hold fast t

If we take science as our sole guide, if we accept and hold fast that alone which is verifiable, the old theology must go. – John Burroughs

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Travel and society polish one, but a rolling stone gathers no moss, and a little moss is a good thing on a man. – John Burroughs

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Society
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John Burroughs
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For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice — no paper currency, no promises to pay, but the gold of real service. – John Burroughs

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Promises
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A woman cant be alone. She needs a man. A man and a woman support and strengthen each other. She just cant do it by herself. – Marilyn Monroe

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We are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of Nature has placed in our power… the battle, sir, is not to the strong alone it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. – Patrick Henry

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alone

In the first 50 years of the filibuster, it was used only 35 times. But the last Congress alone had 112 cloture motions filed, plus threats of more. This is the tyranny of the minority. – Peter Fenn

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Even if I have to stand alone, I will not be afraid to stand alone. Im going to fight for you. Im going to fight for whats right. Im going to fight to hold people accountable. – Barbara Boxer

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Taking time to sit back and watch and think about what youve seen is important. Traveling did a great deal to me. I found that when I travel and just sit in the corner and watch, a million ideas come to me. – Lionel Richie

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Many of the historical proverbs have a doubtful paternity. – Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Quotation and Originality,” Letters and Social Aims, 1876

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I love New York. I was sad, depressed and incredibly moved by our fellow countrymen and what theyve done. I wanted to give people a chance to see something funny, have a distraction. – Ben Stiller

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Death is a very dull, dreary affair, and my advice to you is to have nothing whatsoever to do with it. – W. Somerset Maugham

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